Photo by: Chase Yocom

Romain Febvre won the opening moto—MXGP / MX2 combined—from Antonio Cairoli, Kevin Strijbos, Cooper Webb, and Jeremy Van Horebeek.

After the race, Belgium had scored 8pts, compared to 13pts by Team USA, 15pts by Team France, 18pts by Team Italy, and 26pts by Team The Netherlands.

It was an exciting moto as Cairoli got past Glenn Coldenhoff early, and then Febvre passed Cairoli. Behind those guys the Belgians were working their way through the pack after starting in 8th and 9th.

Webb was also flying—making moves past a bunch of riders to finally finish in fourth place. His Team USA mate, Alex Martin also did a great job, coming from 26th on the first lap to finish 9th.

Race 1 (MXGP + MX2) – Classification Full MXoN Results>>>

1 1 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Yamaha 34:41.712
2 40 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 34:46.360
3 7 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB Suzuki 35:01.141
4 4 Webb, Cooper USA AMA Yamaha 35:07.370
5 8 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB Yamaha 35:16.110
6 16 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV KTM 35:19.187
7 19 Waters, Todd AUS MA Suzuki 35:19.670
8 112 Benoit, Kaven CAN CMA KTM 35:22.996
9 5 Martin, Alex USA AMA Yamaha 35:32.250
10 22 Cooper, Cody NZL MNZ Honda 35:34.549
11 14 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 35:34.755
12 31 Butron, Jose ESP RFME KTM 35:36.461
13 13 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS Yamaha 35:37.129
14 2 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 35:37.343
15 44 Kjer Olsen, Thomas DEN DMU Husqvarna 35:44.069
16 41 Bernardini, Samuele ITA FMI TM 35:46.752
17 43 Larsen, Nikolaj DEN DMU KTM 35:48.183
18 53 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Husqvarna 35:49.880
19 11 Leok, Tanel EST EMF KTM 35:51.408
20 17 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV KTM 35:51.799
21 35 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Kawasaki 35:55.135
22 52 Searle, Tommy GBR ACU Kawasaki 36:03.493
23 28 Neurauter, Lukas AUT OeAMTC KTM 36:09.333
24 37 Gole, Anton SWE SVEMO Husqvarna 36:11.554
25 10 Ratsep, Priit EST EMF Honda 36:15.501
26 38 Östlund, Alvin SWE SVEMO Yamaha 36:44.373
27 50 Barr, Martin IRL MCUI Honda 34:43.372
28 65 Neugebauer, Filip CZE DMSB Kawasaki 34:44.838
29 58 Narita, Akira JPN MFJ Honda 34:48.365
30 73 Bucas, Vytautas LTU LMSF Yamaha 34:48.390
31 32 Prado Garcia, Jorge ESP RFME KTM 34:50.367
32 113 Maffenbeirer, Shawn CAN CMA KTM 34:55.451
33 64 Romancik, Jaromir CZE ACCR Suzuki 34:56.732
34 59 Notsuka, Chihiro JPN MFJ Honda 35:06.061
35 20 Evans, Mitchell AUS MA Yamaha 35:09.396
36 29 Sandner, Michael AUT OeAMTC KTM 35:11.078
37 23 Natzke, Josiah NZL FMB KTM 35:13.701
38 74 Karka, Dovydas LTU LMSF KTM 36:08.065
39 34 Rogozin, Semen RUS MFR Husqvarna 36:43.110

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